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=TECH TOOLS FOR THE 21st CENTURY, by Tom O'Bryan, High School English Teacher, Duval Virtual= = = == toc
 *  WELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM! **

= = =Welcome to my presentation on Tech Tools! Here are some links to the tools I will talk about today. These tools are all free and safe to download, so check them out and see which might work for you:= 1. **Screenr** - [|www.screenr.com] - this cool device lets you make a video of whatever you might be looking at on your computer screen, with sound! 2. **MailVu** - [|www.mailvu.com] - this fun program allows you to attach video to your email using your computer's webcam 3. **Prezi** - [|www.prezi.com] - Prezi is a fun tool to jazz up a PowerPoint presentation, it does so much more, check it out. 4. **SlideRocket** - [|www.sliderocket.com] - another alternative to PowerPoint, some like it better than Prezi as well 5. **Jing** - [|www.techsmith.com/jing] - Jing is another screen capture tool, way more versatile than Screenr 6. **Wikispaces** - www.wikispaces.com - this is one of my favorite sites, there are over 150,000 teacher wiki sites 7. **Connexions** - [|www.cnx.org] - this is an amazing collection of collaborative educational resources for teachers 8. **GoAnimate** - [|www.goanimate.com] - this is a fun animation tool for you and your students that will grab your students' attention 9. **Wix** - [|www.wix.com] - this is a great tool to create your own website, one of my favorites 10. **Edmodo** - [|www.edmodo.com] - this is a social networking type of tool that you can use for your students or faculty or family groups

And finally, how about a BLOG!!!

=[|www.blogger.com] or [|www.edublogs.org] and the helpful site, [|www.edublogger.com]=

And, if you want to see how teachers are using these tools, be sure to join Facebook and become a fan of the sites!

1. SCREENR - Let's take a closer look at this tool. This tool will make a video and audio recording up to five minutes long, of whatever is on your computer screen. It uses your computer's webcam and microphone. Here is a quick demo I created to show you how it works:

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2. MailVu - Do you send a lot of emails to your students? Do you email your family members? Or friends? Well, then why not spice it up and ad some video to your emails, it's simple and free and fun, and your students will love it and think you are very cool for using it! Let's try it out.

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3. Edmodo - This is a great site that would fall into the social networking category but unlike the big boys such as Facebook and Twitter, Edmodo is a tool that will set up networking for whatever group you choose. For example, our faculty and administration at Duval Virtual have an Edmodo account in which we communicate with each other about students, issues with Blackboard, or whatever messages we feel like sending to each other. The site is secure in that your Edmodo group is created by invitation only. Let's check it out!

4. Wix - This free site lets you create your own website. You don't need to know anything about html code, it walks you right through the process. Many of our teachers use this with their students. I like to use it in conjunction with my daily announcements, let's take a look at mine:

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5. GoAnimate - This fun tool lets you create some animation and has many applications for your students. Kids can relate to the animation aspect of it and find it fun and never realize that is also developing their writing skills in the process. Let's take a look at it:

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THANKS FOR BEING WITH ME TODAY!!!

At 10:00 a.m. this morning I am doing a session about teaching with Elluminate. If you can't make it and if you have a chance, here is a link to the Elluminate session, feel free to log-in and check it out:

https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=&password=M.4D4B037846F58058DC1B715F3A5AD2

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